occupational therapist Trafford Park, England
Job description
Are you an experience Occupational Therapist that wants to be part of a new service that will make a difference to patients in their own home and avoid hospital admissions then we want to hear from you!
We are a new service in Trafford aiming to reduce the need for people to go into hospital by wrapping expert care around them in the community. If you would like to read more about the first class service we are providing to our patients, please use the following link https://traffordlco.org/tcr/
The Discharge to Assess service will be a seven day service working between the hours of 8am-6pm on a rota basis. We promote flexibility and are happy to support different working patterns.
We will support you with specialist and bespoke training to reach your potential and excel in your chosen career path. You will receive one to one clinical support, professional development and guidance.
You will provide specialist knowledge and clinical skills to deliver care within the D2A team and wider TCR service as required. As an Occupational Therapist in the D2A team you will have a fundamental role in the delivery of specialist assessment skills, knowledge and management of patients in the community whilst ensuring the delivery of high caliber care, and efficient use of facilities, manpower and other resources. Actively participating in improving the service the department/unit offers and will initiate and support future developments.
You will triage, assess, implement, plan and evaluate the delivery of direct patient care as an independent practitioner relevant to your Band.
Working as a practitioner within a multi-disciplinary / multi-agency service, you will facilitate timely discharge from an acute hospital or community bed and provide same day assessment and support planning to meet a person’s needs in the community.
You will provide and/or arrange appropriate support and interventions in the community working closely with colleagues across all sectors.
The Discharge to Assess team is a multi-skilled team made up of nurses, therapists, pharmacy, reablement, social work, support workers, and admin support. All clinical staff receive training to be multi-skilled to provide comprehensive initial assessments and develop relevant core competencies.
You will work flexibly to providing specialist Occupational therapy and rehabilitation support in the community as required, to provide the full discharge to assess service cover for up to 6 weeks of discharge from the hospital.
MFT is England’s largest NHS Trust with a turnover of £2.5bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our brand-new Electronic Patient Record system which we’ve launched in September 2022.
We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our new Green Plan which will set out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not currently a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. If you are unvaccinated, there is helpful advice and information available by searching on the ‘NHS England’ website where you can also find out more about how to access the vaccination.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team [email protected].
We’re looking forward to hearing from you!
